Your brain is amazing: Let's keep it that way.

Brain Commun

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, UK Dementia Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ Edinburgh, UK.

Published: July 2022

Our editor discusses brain resilience and how it can be harnessed to prevent diseases that cause dementia.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9305202PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcac160DOI Listing

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